"Father, Father, look at this! The celadon pen washer on your desk doesn't match your status. This white jade one is better! I'll replace it for you!" Prince Jin's little face was full of smiles.
Chu Yan glanced at the white jade brush washer on the table, then looked at the quail egg-sized night-shining pearl in front of him, and raised the corners of his lips, "Where did you get this good thing?"
"Hehe, father thinks it's good too, right? I found this from third brother's warehouse. It's placed on the highest shelf. It must be his treasure!" Prince Jin said as if he was presenting a treasure.
Chu Yan was in the dark: This thing is not bad, but Chu Younan brought him a lot of good things after defeating the Japanese pirates last time, and everything is better than this. Even this, he put it on the top of the shelf. This kid is really living a tight life!
So he said calmly: "The things are good, go to my storehouse and pick two more to bring to him!"
Prince Jin's face suddenly lit up. He had been very lucky recently. He found a golden cricket box in his third brother's warehouse, which he thought was very good. There should be more and better things in the royal warehouse!
Looking at his childlike innocence, Chu Yan couldn't help but feel relieved.
The emperor loves his eldest son, and the people dote on their youngest son.
The way he doted on his eldest son was different from the way he doted on his youngest son. He was stricter with Chu Youchen, but more laissez-faire with Chu Youyang.
Anyway, although this child is naughty, he is not out of line.
But Prince Jin's high-spirited face suddenly fell. He walked to Chu Yan's side, hugged his arms and shook them, and said coquettishly: "If I had known, I would not have told you that I found them from my third brother's storehouse. Although these two pieces were taken from his storehouse, they were selected by me. My father asked me to pick two pieces for him, but I made a wasted trip."
"You! You are obviously not a child anymore, but you are still so playful!" Chu Yan rolled his eyes at him.
"Your Majesty, look, my eldest brother is smart and capable, my second brother is humble and polite, and my third brother is both wise and brave. With them around, I can just be a leisurely prince!" Prince Jin said confidently.
Chu Yan laughed, "Look at your future! Those who often play with you will soon join the army or become officials. Let's see who you play with!"
Prince Jin pursed his lips and smiled innocently, "Then father, please find me a princess, so that I will have someone to play with!"
"You kid! You miss women? How old are you?" Chu Yan sneered.
Prince Jin pouted, "Don't all the princes have palace maids to teach them when they turn fifteen? I don't want to teach palace maids anymore. Just marry me a princess!"
Afraid that Chu Yan would not respond, Prince Jin emphasized, "I will be fifteen in two months, father, I can marry a concubine!"
"You! You said you wanted to marry Xiao Mo when you were thirteen, and now you're not even fifteen yet, and you're already marrying a concubine again. Xiao Mo married your third brother, so I wonder who you want to marry this time!" Chu Yan thought he was joking again, so he started laughing with him.
Prince Jin was delighted and wanted to blurt out the name Xue Jinrong, but he held back and raised his chin with a childish face, "Let me think about it, the emperor's words are binding, and my father has said it, so you are not allowed to regret it later!"
"Go ahead, go pick something up from the warehouse!" Chu Yan smiled with his lips pursed. This youngest child was his happy pill.
Prince Jin pouted again and said, "Father hasn't said whether he agrees or not!"
"Okay, okay! Go ahead!" Chu Yan smiled helplessly.
Prince Jin then grinned, "Okay, I'll go pick it..."
Before he finished speaking, he flattened his mouth again, "It's too boring to pick for the Third Emperor. Father, won't you give me something else?"
"Reward! Go! Pick two for yourself!" Chu Yan looked at him and felt relieved.
Prince Jin's eyes curved with laughter again, and he turned around and walked out. Halfway through, he turned around, bowed and said, "Thank you, father!"
"Stand up! Go down!" Chu Yan's words were full of joy.
How could Prince Jin miss this rare opportunity? He immediately ran to the imperial treasury and happily picked four items.
Then he ran to Mei Fei's palace and saw Mei Fei wearing a rose-red dress, playing the zither in the pavilion in the courtyard. He ran over happily, took out a box, and said, "Mother, look what good things I brought you!"
Mei Fei smiled and jokingly asked, "Is it a cricket box or a bird bell?"
"Neither!" Prince Jin chuckled, placed the box on the piano table, and then opened it.
In the box was a pair of jet-black bracelets with a plum blossom engraved on them. At first glance, they looked like black charcoal, but if you held them against the light, you could see that there was a gleam of gold amidst the blackness.
Mei Fei was immediately startled, "Isn't this an engraved black gold bracelet?"
"Yes! Two years ago, Gao Liu came to compete in chess. The last game was a stalemate, and no one in the court could solve it. So my father took out this pair of engraved black gold bracelets and said that he would give them to whoever could solve it..."
"You are so brave!" Mei Fei picked up a bracelet and looked at it carefully. "Your chess skills are not as good as your brothers. You just made a mess of moves when you went up. Fortunately, your father dotes on you, otherwise you would be punished again!"
Prince Jin curled his lips, then smiled again, "I saw the plum blossom engraved on the bracelet at that time, so I thought I could win it and show it to my mother. But this thing is destined to be yours, and now it has finally come into your hands!"
"Where did you get it? It's so valuable, why did your father give it to you?" asked Concubine Mei.
Prince Jin grinned and said, "I went to my third brother's storehouse to find some things and gave them to my father. He was so happy that he asked me to go to the imperial storehouse to choose. I saw this pair of bracelets at first sight!"
"You are a child who is always good at borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha!" Mei Fei pursed her lips and smiled, put on the engraved black gold bracelet on her hand, and said, "Your third brother just got married. I have two strings of oriental pearls given by the emperor in my storehouse. You can take one string and give it to him as a thank you gift."
"Okay! Thank you, mother!" Prince Jin agreed, then turned around and asked, "Mother, won't you send me off as well?"
"Goodbye, goodbye, you can choose one yourself!" Concubine Mei looked at the pair of engraved black gold bracelets with joy.
This is a treasure that the concubines would love to have. Although her son is naughty, he thinks of her all the time.
After Prince Jin came out of Concubine Mei's warehouse, he went straight out of the palace and headed straight for Prince Su's palace.
It happened to be a holiday and Chu Younan was at home. Although Mrs. Mo could, she did not dare to go out, for fear that Chu Younan would come to visit her and she would not be there. So Su Bei was also at home.
But Su Bei doesn't have a day off. The princess said that the snacks she sent are very useful, so the snacks cannot be stopped.
When Prince Jin arrived at Chu Younan's yard, he happened to see Su Bei carrying a food box, and he was happy again, "Is that what my third sister-in-law made for my third brother? Let me try it."
The corners of Su Bei's mouth twitched, but he looked hesitant, "What if the prince wants to eat later?"
"Well, I'll just try it, how can I finish it!" Prince Jin said as he took the food box from her hand.
Su Bei thought, just try it, it won't hurt to try a piece, so he walked in with the food box, "Come in and sit down to eat, I'll pour you a cup of tea."
Prince Jin followed happily, and behind him, a servant also followed with several boxes in his hands.
When he got into the house, Su Bei opened the food box, revealing the red and white lotus cakes inside.
"It looks really good!" Prince Jin said as he took a piece.
Su Bei agreed and went to pour tea, and heard Guizi say, "Let me pour it. The prince said it's hot these two days and he wants to eat ice cream."
"We don't have anything ready. Do you have eggs and milk in your kitchen?" Su Bei asked.
“Yes, yes, yes!”
"Okay, I'll go to the small kitchen and make it. You can take it to the ice cellar later. We'll be ready to eat around the evening."
Before Su Bei left, he reminded, "Your Highness Prince Jin, this is something the princess made especially for you, so please don't finish it."
"How can that be possible? I'll just try it!"
But Su Bei had been gone for only fifteen minutes when he came back to find that the food box was empty and Prince Jin's cheeks were bulging.
Prince Jin said incoherently: "It's so delicious, I couldn't help it!"
Su Bei sighed with a gloomy face, "Oh no, how am I going to explain this later!"
When Prince Jin saw her frown, he hurriedly said, "Don't be upset, don't be upset. Look, I brought so many good things, all given by my father and my mother. My third brother will definitely reward you some later!"
As he spoke, he opened the boxes on the table one by one.